* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

** A minimum C grade must be earned in either PHY 30020 or 40020 to fulfill writing-intensive requirement.

*** Physic electives (8 credit hours): with advisor’s permission, students may replace 3 credit hours of physics electives with PHIL 41035 Philosophy of Science or ENG 20002 Introduction to Technical Writing. Credit is not granted for both the PHY 13001/PHY 13002 and the PHY 23101/PHY 23102 series.

**** Fulfills College General Requirement.

*****One additional course taken from the Kent Core Basic Science courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Biological Sciences (BSCI), Chemistry (CHEM), Geography (GEOG), Geology (GEOL) or Physics (PHY). Students may take the courses listed in the "introductory" sequences with the restrictions noted above in the Kent Core Basic Science section. The course may not be from the student's major.

******One additional course taken from the Kent Core Social Sciences courses in the following Arts and Sciences disciplines: Anthropology (ANTH), Applied Conflict Management (CACM), Geography (GEOG), Criminology and Justice Studies (JUS), Political Science (POL), Psychology (PSYC) or Sociology (SOC). The course may not be from the student's major.

Additional Notes for the Physics major:
The following courses may not count towards the major:
PHY 11030 Seven Ideas that Shook the Universe (3)
PHY 21430 Frontiers in Astronomy (3)
PHY 21431 Frontiers in Astronomy Laboratory (1)
PHY 21040 Physics in The Entertainment and the Arts (3)
PHY 21041 Physics in The Entertainment and the Arts Laboratory (1)
PHY 24001 Astronomy (3)

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